JESSE F. CONARD

627 Forest Road                                                                                                                                                          Home: 610-688-3340

Wayne, Pennsylvania 19087                                                                                                                        Email: jfconard@conard.net

 

 

Innovative leader specializing in the implementation of high-impact project management solutions.  Strategic outlook with a strong emphasis on creative problem solving supported by high technical proficiency and strong business knowledge.

 

Strengths include:

 

·         Cross-functional leadership

·         Consultative skills

  • Strong customer focus
  • Team dynamics
  • Business acumen
  • Expert in Microsoft Project and Critical Chain

 

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

 

            Centocor R&D – Biologics Clinical Pharmacology, Radnor, Pennsylvania                                                                          

 

Associate Director, Project Management                                                                                  August 2008 to Present

Senior Manager, Systems Support                                                                                   January 2008 to August 2008

 

Developed and led the project management function for BCP with a strategic vision focused on the rapid delivery of project objectives through excellence in operational execution.  Managed a team of project managers and support staff responsible for drug development project work in a complex development environment.

 

·         Successfully implemented Critical Chain project management for a 110-person department, reducing cycle times by over 20% and more than doubling on-time delivery.  Earned a JNJ Innovation Award. 

 

·         Led the implementation of customer-focused decision support capabilities for project, resource, and portfolio information.

 

 

            Centocor R&D – Clinical Operations, Wayne, Pennsylvania                                                                                                    

 

Manager, Clinical Project Management Infrastructure & Development           January 2006 to January 2008

 

Developed and implemented a planning infrastructure strategy to support cross-functional project management.  Managed a diverse and talented development team to produce innovative solutions for a wide array of functional area customers, earning multiple Standards of Leadership, Innovation, and Encore Awards.

 

·         Led an integrated submission planning effort for two new BLA submissions, joining project plans and processes across several functional areas to create a single framework for enterprise-wide critical path management and real-time scenario analysis.

 

·         Developed and integrated custom solutions for a wide variety of functional area customers, enabling decision support for upper management, project teams, and functional line management through a cross-functional project management strategy.

 

 

            Project Assistants, Inc., Wilmington, Delaware                                                                                                                               

 

Engagement Manager                                                                                                   January 2004 to December 2005

Project Management Consultant                                                                                    January 2002 to January 2004

 

Led development and consulting efforts pertaining to major software implementations, including allocation of consulting resources based on client needs, to ensure consistent and timely delivery of high quality solutions.  Acted as the project manager for Clinical Development Teams in the Oncology therapeutic area.  Facilitated project risk assessment, contingency planning and decision-making activities.

 

·         Initiated and led the successful implementation of an enterprise project management system, allowing Clinical Operations to make portfolio and project decisions based on real-time resource demand and capacity data.

 

·         Raised project management maturity level of Clinical Operations by leading initiatives in portfolio management, cross-functional integration, and decision support.

 

·         Designed and implemented a wide variety of innovative project management solutions, automating repetitive and redundant tasks to reduce time required for project data entry and updating, resulting in 100% technical and business process compliance across a portfolio of over one hundred clinical project plans.

 

 

Prior Project Management Experience:

 

            Brintnall & Nicolini, Inc., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania                                                                February 2001 to July 2001

            Scott Laboratories, Inc., Lubbock, Texas                                                                            January 1999 to September 2000

 

 

CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS:

 

“From Pilot to Reality: Implementing Critical Chain in Biologics Clinical Pharmacology”

Eleventh Annual ProChain Critical Chain Conference, La Jolla, CA, February 2011

 

Co-Chair and Facilitator

Tomorrow’s Project Manager, Drug Information Association, Bethesda, MD, October 2010

 

“Implementing Critical Chain in Clinical Pharmacology for Biologics”

Forty-sixth Annual Meeting of the Drug Information Association, Washington, DC, June 2010

 

 

EDUCATION:

 

MBA / Finance, Texas Tech University, 1999

BBA / Finance, Texas Tech University, 1998

 

 

QUALIFICATIONS:

 

Certified Critical Chain Expert – ProChain Solutions, 2011

New Product Development Professional (NPDP) - PDMA, 2004

Project Management Professional (PMP) - PMI, 2003

Microsoft Project Black Belt - IIL, 2002